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oapen-20.500.12657-438142023-06-27T12:11:10Z The Literary History of the Igbo Novel Emenyonu, Ernest N. Literary Criticism African bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel. Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African indigenous languages hold an important foundational position in the history of African literature. Focusing on the contributions of Igbo writers to the development of African literature in African languages, the book examines the evolution, themes, and distinctive features of the Igbo novel, the historical circumstances of the rise of the African novel in the pre-colonial, era and their impact on the contemporary Igbo novel. This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, literary history, and Igbo studies. 2020-12-15T14:00:44Z 2020-12-15T14:00:44Z 2020 book 9780367369613 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43814 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf Routledge 10.4324/9781003017455 106007 10.4324/9781003017455 Taylor & Francis b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780367369613 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel.
Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African indigenous languages hold an important foundational position in the history of African literature. Focusing on the contributions of Igbo writers to the development of African literature in African languages, the book examines the evolution, themes, and distinctive features of the Igbo novel, the historical circumstances of the rise of the African novel in the pre-colonial, era and their impact on the contemporary Igbo novel.
This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, literary history, and Igbo studies.
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